Category: ODA Today

The Next Generation of the Ohio Medicaid program went live on Oct. 1. Effective Oct. 1 all provider enrollment applications must be submitted using Ohio Medicaid’s new Provider Network Management (PNM) module. The PNM module is the single point for providers to complete provider enrollment, centralized credentialing and provider ... [continue reading]

Medworks Inc. is holding a free dental clinic on Nov. 18 and 19 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland. The event is seeking dental professionals and community volunteers to help provide free dental care to patients of all ages. Services include dental screenings, cleanings, extractions, fillings, temporary partials for adults and ... [continue reading]

Wow! My first article as president. This has been such an incredible journey thus far and I am so excited to get to work for all of my colleagues. I have been brainstorming on how I might best showcase to all Ohio dentists how membership is invaluable to all of us. I realize that the majority do not know of nor are privileged to see all of the ... [continue reading]

In his classic song “Like a Rock,” Bob Seger, a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote the following: Twenty years now Where’d they go? Twenty years I don’t know I sit and I wonder sometimes Where they’ve gone Those lyrics come to mind as I celebrate my 20th year as the ODA’s ... [continue reading]

The election, advocacy and lame duck, this is what the legal and legislative department of the ODA will be doing for the remainder of 2022. Two of these items I am sure you are aware of; if you are around any type of media from social to your local news station you are well aware of the upcoming election in early November, and advocacy is ... [continue reading]

Based on dentists’ reports to the Ohio Dental Association, a small number of insurance companies and third-party administrators (TPAs) began issuing reimbursement to dentists via virtual stored value credit or debit cards instead of paper checks over a decade ago. While the number of third-party payers that use this payment methodology still ... [continue reading]

My time treating dental oncology patients has been among the most rewarding experiences of my career. It has required the highest level of clinical skill and forced me to think outside of routine dentistry to craft inventive solutions for patients. Every day, there is another case that touches my heart. But some leave an impression that will last ... [continue reading]

In the autumn of 1974, sitting in a class given by an Appalachian-born pediatrician at the University of Iowa, I learned that some children were born with “ambiguous genitalia.” Having been raised in a 1950s traditional Catholic household, that concept had never occurred to me. From the silence of our small seminar group, emerged, “What do ... [continue reading]

The 2022 ODA Annual Session is Sept. 15-17 in Columbus at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and the new Hilton Columbus Downtown Tower. “I ... [continue reading]

Open enrollment for the ODA’s health benefits plan, the ODA Wellness Trust, begins Oct. 15 and lasts through Nov. 15 for Jan. 1, 2023 coverage. The ODA Wellness Trust is a private, dentist-owned, self-funded health benefits plan, developed by ODA member dentists for ODA member dentists and their staffs to provide high quality health benefits ... [continue reading]